Category Archives: Economy

Surprise! $500 Million In “Green” Training Money Wasted

I know, you’re pretty darned surprised. Who would have thought that so much money would be wasted on “green” projects by the Obama/Democrat Stimulus plan? (Fox News) A federal audit shows that nearly a half-billion dollars in government funds was spent on training workers for so-called “green jobs.” The only problem is that not enough […]

“With The Recovery Entering Its Fifth Year…”

We certainly should recall that “it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report and it is informative to consider each report in the context of other data that are becoming available.” (Bloomberg) Employers added fewer workers than anticipated in July even as the U.S. jobless rate dropped to 7.4 percent, […]

Organizing For Action Declares Obama’s Economic Pivot Over

Not that this pivot, the 19th during his 4 1/2 years in office, really went far in the first place. A couple speeches, a weaselly Weekly Address, an interview with the NY Times, none of which did more than offer the same tired campaign rhetoric of Blamestorming, division, and failed (and even contradictory – he […]

Hey, Remember When Obama Was Going To Spend Every Minute On The Economy?

That was I’m the far off time of yesterday morning. Cool story, bro! Via Twitchy.

Obama Will Evaluate Keystone XL Solely On Its “Climate Change” Effects

In a long, boring interview with the NY Times, in which (NMP) Obama dishes forth the same old failed policies, engages in lots and lots of Blamestorming as if this wasn’t his second term in office, patronizes, and offers little in the way of new policies, we find this bit on page 5 (via Tom […]

What To Watch For In Today’s “Economic” Speech By Obama

Today begins yet another pivot to the economy by Community Organizer in Chief Obama, whose previous pivots have worked so well. Does anyone remember the one back in May? Where’d that go? Anyhow, consider this comment by Victor Davis Hanson, made it terms of Obama’s race comment The president, I think, spoke out for three […]

Obama Plans Yet Another Campaign Style Pivot To The Economy

This reminds me of one of those bad movies they keep playing on TV. Or of Sharknado, which had enormous hype, and was even worse than the usual dreck on the SyFy channel (NY Times) With major battles looming in the fall over the federal budget and the debt ceiling, President Obamais trying to regain […]

Detroit As A Stand In For America

In noting this article by Walter Russell Mead, Ace notes that Mead keeps typing “Detroit” instead of “America” Obama to Detroit: Drop Dead This is where blue governance has brought Detroit in the end: not even a liberal Democratic administration will step in to save the pensions of thousands of public workers and African Americans, […]

Weekly Address: Obama Really Wants Non-Americans To Have Jobs

Of course, these current illegal aliens and potential immigrants (both temporary and permanent) should be careful, because Obama’s job’s policies for actual American citizens have been disasters WEEKLY ADDRESS: Strengthening our Economy by Passing Bipartisan Immigration Reform Hi, everybody. Two weeks ago, a large bipartisan majority of Senators voted to pass commonsense, comprehensive immigration reform […]

Obama Readying Emission Limit Plan To Deal With Hotcoldwetdry

Alternate headline: Obama readying plan to artificially raise your electricity costs and the costs of everything else by executive fiat (NY Times) President Obama is preparing regulations limiting carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, senior officials said Wednesday. The move would be the most consequential climate policy step he could take and one likely […]

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